Deals and People February 21, 2017

PLANSPONSOR Announces 2017 Best in Class 401(k) Plans

Plans were rated by way of a proprietary system that weighted usage/implementation of more than 30 criteria related to plan design, oversight/governance and participant outcomes.
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PLANSPONSOR is pleased to announce the third “class” of companies winning the Best in Class 401(k) Plan designation.

Recipients of the 2017 designation were selected from the 3,381 401(k) plans that responded to the 2016 PLANSPONSOR Defined Contribution (DC) Survey. There are 34 winners this year.

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The winners are:

  • Ameren – St. Louis, Missouri
  • American Financial Group, Inc. – Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Ansell Healthcare – Iselin, New Jersey
  • Airline Tariff Publishing Company – Dulles, Virginia
  • BAE Systems – Arlington, Virginia
  • BNY Mellon – New York, New York
  • Boston Scientific – Marlborough, Massachusetts
  • CHS Inc – Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
  • Citigroup, Inc – New York, New York
  • Explorer Pipeline – Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • ICMA-RC – Washington, D.C.
  • Johnson & Wales University – Providence, Rhode Island
  • Karsten Manufacturing Corporation – Phoenix, Arizona
  • Marshall Wace North America L.P. – New York, New York
  • Molson Coors Brewing Company – Denver, Colorado
  • Musco Corporation – Oskaloosa, Iowa
  • National Grid – Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Noble Energy, Inc. – Houston, Texas
  • North American Stainless – Ghent, Kentucky
  • O.C. Tanner Company – Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti – Denver, Colorado
  • Regency Centers – Jacksonville, Florida
  • Sandia National Laboratories – Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • SEMCO Energy – Port Huron, Michigan
  • Southwest Airlines Pilot Association (SWAPA) – Dallas, Texas
  • Tesoro Corporation – San Antonio, Texas
  • Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation – Round Rock, Texas
  • The Beck Group – Dallas, Texas
  • The Hershey Company – Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • The SSI Group, LLC – Mobile, Alabama
  • United Technologies Corporation – Farmington, Connecticut
  • Veridian Credit Union – Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Vermeer Corporation – Pella, Iowa
  • The Western Union Company – Englewood, Colorado

Winners will be honored at the 2017 PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards for Excellence Dinner on March 30, 2017, at the Chelsea Piers, in New York City. 

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